China
by Elizabeth and Ian
Geography
- continent- Asia
- nearest ocean is the Pacific and its closest country is Mongolia
- capital is Baijing major city Nanjing
- size is 3.705 million
- landforms- red flame, the colorful bank, colorful rock formation
- They have 12 percent of the worlds mineral resources
Economy
- major industries like mining, coal, iron, and steel
- one of the biggest traders in the world they trade electrical and machinery
- the currency in china is Renminbi
Government
- communist
- Xi Jingping is the head of the government
- military is called People's Liberation Army 2,285,000
- Since the 1980s under Deng Xiaoping, Beijing has said it pursues an “independent foreign policy of peace” under which China’s “fundamental” foreign policy goals are: • “To preserve China’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity,” and • “To create a favorable international environment for China’s reform and opening up and modernization.”
History
- china has fought hundreds of wars
- Early Chinese explorers such as Admiral Zheng He sailed all the way to Africa
- Korean War (1950–1953)
- The Chinese Civil War
- Sino-Indian War (1962)
Social structure
- Brahmins, Kshatriyas, vaisyas, Sudras, Pariah is the class system
- religion is taoism, confucianism, islam, and christianity
- Ethnic groups -Zhuang,Uyghur,Hui,Manchu, MIao, YI, Yao
- life expectancy- 75 years
- Language- Mandarin and Taiwanese
- Education- is a state run system of public education run by the ministry of education.